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eng

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(lcsh) Political science

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(lcsh) Abolitionists

(lcsh) Legislators

Sources

found: His A letter on the abolition of the slave trade, 1807:t.p. (W. Wilberforce)

found: English Wikipedia website, viewed June 12, 2012(William Wilberforce (Aug. 24, 1759 - July 29, 1833) was a British politician, philanthropist, and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade. A native of Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, he began his political career in 1780, eventually becoming the independent Member of Parliament for Yorkshire (1784--1812); d. in London, England)

found: An appeal to the religion, justice, and humanity of the inhabitants of the British Empire in behalf of the Negro slaves in the West Indies, 1823:title page (Wm. Wilberforce, Esq., M.P.)